Wagon-gear construction.



J. L. HEGHT.

WAGON GEAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1911.

Patented June 2, 1914.

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J. L. HEGHT.

WAGON .GEAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,\VASHINGTON, D. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JGSEPI-l L. HECHT, OF DAVENPQR/T, IOWA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 DAVENPORT WAGON COMPANY, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, A GGRPORATION OF ILLI- NOIS.

WAGON-GEAR CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn L. Hnoi-rr, citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Gear Constructions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to wagon gear eonstructions, and has reference more particularly to the construction of the front gear, the object being to so support the wagon body at the front that the wheels may pass thereunder in making short turns.

When rear wheels are employed of the usual and normal diameter, smaller front wheels must be used to pass beneath the body, and in order to preserve the level of the body notwithstanding the comparatively high elevation at the rear, the upper structure at the front must be supported at a considerable distance above the low front axle. It is the aim of my invention to give the front gear such elevated support, and the invention consists in the provision of supporting members between the axle and upper structure of the gear, such supporting members being connected at their lower ends with the axle and being arranged at their upper ends to give rigid support to the upper structure so as to effectually sustain the upper structure in an elevated position above the axle.

In the more specific embodiment of my invention, the supporting members consist of pairs of bracket plates or standards, fixed at their lower ends to the opposite sides of the front axle, and having their upper ends fixed to the front gear hounds so as to sup port the same elevated above and in fixed relation to the axle.

The invention consists also in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon gear having my invention embodied therein. Fig. 2 1s a front elevation of the front gear. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. 4 is a vertical section 011 the line a,a of Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line ?Jb of Fig. 3. I

Referring to the drawlngs, 1 represents Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 31, 1911.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Serial No. 641,415.

the front axle giving support to the upper structure comprising the front gear hounds 2 and the sand bolster 3 supported thereon.

4 indicates the rear axle supporting the rear gear hounds 5, sand bolster 6 and body bolster 7; and 3 represents a reach connecting the front and rear gears.

The rear wheels are of the usual normal size, while the front wheels are considerably smaller so that they may pass under the wagon body in making short turns, the front axle beim a considerably lower level than the rear axle. Under these conditions it is necessary, in order to preserve the level of the wagon. body, to elevate the upper-structure at the front above the front comparatively low axle, and it is with this elevated support for the front upper-structure that my invention is particularly concerned.

As shown more particularly in Figs. 2 to 5, I provide two pairs of bracket plates 9-9 and 1010, one pair at each end of the axle, the lower ends of the plates of each pair being applied and firmly riveted to the front and rear faces respectively of the axle, from which points the plates are extended upwardly and outwardly in oblique directions and have their upper ends formed with outwardly extending horizontal flanges 11--11. These pairs of bracket plates are fastened and give support to the gear hounds 2 at opposite sides, and, as the mannor of fastening; the hounds to the bracket plates is the same at both sides of the wagon,

a description of the connection at one side will suffice. On reference to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the hounds, where they extend above the axle, have fixed at their outer sides, an angle plate 12 formed with a horizontal flange 13, which rests at its front and rear ends on the inner ends of the horizontal. flanges of the front and rear bracket plates respectively, which several flanges are firmly and fixedly connected together as by rivets lat-1d. At their outer ends the flanges of the bracket plates are firmly and fixedly riveted to an arm 15, fixed at its forward end to the side of the hound, and extending rearwardly and outwardly therefrom, and riveted between its ends to the sand bolster 3, which sand bolster is in turn riveted to the hounds on opposite sides of the gear.

From the above description it will be seen that the front gear hounds, on which the wagon body is mounted at the front, is supported wholly and entirely by the bracket plates from the axle and at an elevated position, so that the wagon body will be maintained at its front at a level corresponding with the elevated support at the rear. As a result of this construction the front wheels are given room to pass under the body of the wagon, when it is desired to make short turns.

It is manifest that the details of my invention may be variously modified and changed without departing from the limits of the invention, the features and details shown being those which I prefer to adopt, and which in practice have been found to answer to a satisfactory degree the ends to be attained. It is therefore understood that the invention is not limited to any specific form or construction of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a wagon gear and in combination with an axle member, gear hounds thereover, supporting members connected at their lower ends with the axle, and bracket plates connected with the gear hounds and connected also with the upper ends of the supporting members.

2. In a wagon gear and in combinatlon with an axle member, gear hounds thereover, arms connected with said hounds, and supporting; members connected at their lower ends with the axle member and con nected at their upper ends with the gear hounds and with said arms.

3. In a wagon gear and in combination with an axle member, gear hounds extending above the same, arms connected to the hounds at a point in front of the axle and extending rearwardly at the sides of the hounds to the rear of the axle and spaced from said hounds, front bracket plates connected at their lower ends to the axle memher and connected at their upper ends to the hounds and arms in front of the axle, and rear bracket plates connected at their lower ends with the axle member and connected at their upper ends with the hounds and arms in rear of the axle.

l. In a wagon gear and in combination with an axle member, gear hounds thereover, arms connected with the hounds and extending rearwardly at the outer sides of the same to the rear side of the axle and spaced from said hounds, front bracket plates connected at their lower ends with the axle member and connected at their upper ends at their outer sides to the arms and at their inner sides to the hounds in front of the axle, and rear bracket plates connected at their lower ends with the axle member and connected at the upper ends at their inner sides to the hounds and at their outer sides to the arms in rear of the axle.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. I-IEOHT.

'Witnesses:

Axannw NnILsoN, JOHN L. Tnoun.

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